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Friday Ekpo, Victor Igali To Face Off At Punch 50th Anniversary

by Leadership News
2 years ago
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Former Super Eagles stars duo of Friday Ekpo and Victor Igali will face-off during the much anticipated novelty match between PUNCH Newspapers and the Media Amalgamated team – comprising journalists from other newspaper houses in the country – to mark the 50th anniversary of The PUNCH Newspapers February 24.

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The novelty match which will take place at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena (Onikan), Lagos, will see former Super Eagles forward Victor Agali guiding a team of selected journalists from Tribune, Nation, Vanguard, ThisDay, LEADERSHIP and The Guardian newspapers (Media Amalgamated) out against Friday Ekpo-led hosts team, PUNCHERS.
Speaking ahead of the match, one of the Media Amalgamated team players, Niyi Alesbiosu of Tribune, is confident their team won’t lack cohesion against the PUNCHERS.

“I won’t reveal our strategy but we are looking forward to a good match. The technical director is in charge and has given us the mandate to intensify personal training ahead of the match,” Alebiosu told our correspondent.
“Our handler will give us further information about our training and I can assure you that we are going to flog PUNCHERS, not minding that they are the celebrants. We are not amateurs, we are battle ready and cohesion won’t be a problem. It’s just about putting our tactics together.

“We are sending a strong warning to the PUNCHERS to be ready for a harvest of goals,” Alebiosu added.
Meanwhile, the PUNCHERS had their first training session on Wednesday ahead of the game, which comes up in nine days time.

Head coach of the PUNCHERS and 1992 AFCON bronze medallist, Friday Ekpo, drilled over 30 players in an intensive session at the football pitch of the Mountain Top University along the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, Magboro, Ogun State.
The novelty match marks the commencement of an array of epoch-making activities for the 50th anniversary celebration of Nigeria’s most read newspaper.

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